SirPaulRycaut was born in 1629.1 He was the son of SirPeterRycaut and Maryvan derColge.1 He died in 1700.1 He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1650 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 He was Secretary in the British Embassy in 1661 at Istanbul, Turkey.1 He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1666.1 He was Consul in Levant Company from 1667 to 1678 at Smyna, Turkey.1 He was appointed Knight in 1679.1 He wrote the book Present State of the Ottoman Empire 1623-1677.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)1 He held the office of Judge of the Admiralty [Ireland] in 1685.1 He was Resident in Hamburg and the Hanse Towns in 1689.1 He wrote the book Lives of the Popes.1

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[S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.